Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: drivers DB and id/ info registration | From | Zenaan Harkness <> | Date | Wed, 26 May 2004 20:07:59 +1000 |
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On Wed, 2004-05-26 at 17:18, Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: > On Wednesday 26 May 2004 08.54, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote: > > On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 01:38:26PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > > My biggest itch in our free software world is drivers. > [...] > > > Does it make sense to set up a centralized website/ DB where > > I always jump when somebody wants to centralize things...
I know how you feel, although this is more from a manufacturers point of view:
I develop widget X.
I contact microsoft and have X incorporated into windows.
I want to get it into free software kernels ... ???
> OTOH, one place to collect the info would probably be good. Or at least > (to start with) one place listing the various places where such info is > currently collected. Perhaps this is a case for a Wiki, and then you'll > see in what direction this develops.
Might be a good way to start.
> > > hardware manufacturers and individuals can submid hardware info, > > > and that is widely advertised to hardware companies around the > > > globe? > > > > Yes, it does. I'm not sure if it makes sense to have it > > distribution-independent. End-users want to see which hardware is > > supported by their operating system (the current release, not the > > development release)
The primary intention here is to make it easy for the manufacturers, not the end users (however a nice searchable interface for users would assuredly be a side effect).
If I have a device that has multiple connection types (eg. parallel, usb, ethernet), who do I contact in the free software world? It's currently not easy/ known.
It could/ should include information (perhaps in wiki or some "user submissions") about which kernels/ distros currently have support too, since that is useful information.
> I guess this depends on what this site wishes to do. Should it be a > repository for end-users to get information, or should it be a resource > for distribution developers to go looking for device identification > information?
Primarily for manufacturers to provide/ submit information to. Therefore the second primary target I guess would be developers. Thirdly is users.
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